The Latest Buzz Among Walmart Investors

By Ken Smith • Sunday, December 03 18:01 • Permanent Link

Walmart logged a -0.9% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $154.34 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. WMT's trading volume is 12,982,835 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,551,726.

Walmart trades -14.23% away from its average analyst target price of $179.94 per share. The 39 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $163.0 to $210.0, and on average have given Walmart a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in WMT, you'll want to know the following:

Walmart's current price is 191.2% above its Graham number of $53.0, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Walmart has moved 2.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.0, Walmart has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
WMT has a forward P/E ratio of 21.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $7.06 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.15 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Walmart is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.23 compared to its sector average of 4.24
Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, and other units worldwide.
Based in Bentonville, the company has 2,100,000 full time employees and a market cap of $415.52 Billion. Walmart currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.5%.

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